What?

Monday will mark my first day in education for nearly a decade. I thought it appropriate to record my thoughts on the matter and try to keep track of my progress throughout the coming year.

Since the completion of my A-levels in 2000 I've been absent from the halls of knowledge. I never considered University, submitted no UCAS application and was already working full time when the summer began. I can't tell if it was a mistake, who knows what effect such early decisions may have? It is however one of my greatest regrets. Disallusioned as I had become with education, we parted ways just before the relationship would have fundamentally changed and finally offered challenge beyond the restrictions of a mundane curriculum.

Now I'm begining a one year Access to Higher Education course in Humanities and Social Science. If all goes to plan, September 2010 should see me starting a degree at University. I've still got to decide which subject(s) it will be in and where I'll be studying it so there's a lot of research to do and some big decisions to be made.

All of these are in addition to the everyday trials and tribulations of life. Finding a part time job, sorting out budgets/finances and generally getting myself a little more organised than I have been.

It promises to be a challenging experience and I'm hoping to capture as much of it as I can here.

Wish me luck.